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The franchise-originating film was released in 1977, under the title Star Wars.The subtitle Episode IV – A New Hope was retroactively added to the opening crawl for the theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981, [13] [37] to align with the titling of the sequel, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Star Wars: A Droid Story: In December 2020, an animated film centered around the adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO was announced as being in development; the story will introduce a new heroic character to the franchise, alongside the two returning droids. The project will be a joint-venture production between Lucasfilm Animation, and Industrial ...
Star Wars was completed less than a week before its May 25, 1977, release date. With all of the film's elements coming together just in time, Lucas described the work as not so much finished, but "abandoned". [158] Star Wars began production with a budget of $8 million; the total budget eventually reached $11 million. [159]
The main Star Wars film series is a trilogy of subtrilogies; as it neared completion, Lucasfilm began to refer to it as the "Skywalker Saga". [1] [2] It was released beginning with the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI, 1977–1983), followed by the prequel trilogy (Episodes I, II, and III, 1999–2005) and the sequel trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, 2015–2019).
According to original trilogy producer Gary Kurtz, loose plans for a prequel trilogy were developed during the outlining of the original two films. [3] In 1980, Lucas confirmed that he had the nine-film series plotted, [4] but due to the stress of producing the original trilogy and pressure from his wife Marcia Lucas to settle down, he had decided to cancel further sequels by 1981. [5]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Zack Snyder had an idea for a Star Wars movie. "It was Seven Samurai in space," he told Empire. "And a Star Wars movie was my original concept for it."
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: December 18, 2015 $ 936.7 million $ 1.132 billion $ 2.068 billion 1 5 $447 million [217] [218] Star Wars: The Last Jedi: December 15, 2017 $ 620.2 million $ 713.3 million $ 1.334 billion 15 20 $300 million [219] [218] Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: December 20, 2019 $ 515.2 million $ 558.9 million $ 1.074 ...
As of 2004, over 1,100 Star Wars titles had been published, including novels, comics, non-fiction, and magazines. Then-president of Lucas Licensing, Howard Roffman, estimated that there were more than 65 million Star Wars books in print. He said, "The books are a way of extending the fantasy of Star Wars. The movies have had a really profound ...